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CSS

mrx3
mrx3
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Posted by mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points

I have some questions about SASS, if anyone has the time?

I've been hearing a lot about SASS and what I can do. I've watched a couple of the trailers available here on treehouse, but I've yet to take any of the courses. I'm still learning CSS at the moment, and I really want to master CSS before making the jump to SASS.

My question/s are, is SASS widely supported among the browsers? For instance, how far back does SASS go in terms of browser support? I've taken a couple of programming classes in college, Python, and Microsoft Visual Basic.net. Is SASS hard to learn, or is it pretty easy to pick up if you have a solid understanding of CSS? Thanks for any feedback.

2 Answers

cameroneckelberry2
cameroneckelberry2
8,701 Points

Hey Mr. X,

Sass isn't read by your browser. Sass is a tool for you to write CSS faster and more efficiently. As you write Sass, it compiles itself into CSS. There are no browser issues with Sass as they just read the CSS made by the Sass compiler. I would recommend finishing up your studies of CSS, to where you are comfortable and then go into Sass. It's easy, you could learn the basics of it in a few hours and it's Sasstastic ;).

mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points
mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points

Thank you for the help Cameron. You cleared everything up. Thank you again.

cameroneckelberry2
cameroneckelberry2
8,701 Points

No problem! Glad to help!

Ted Sumner
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Ted Sumner
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Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
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Sass is processed on your own computer and outputs css that is uploaded, so browser support is not an issue.

I think it is worth learning because it will make sites easier to maintain. Another thing to remember is that valid css is also valid scss. So you can take any css file and rename it .scss and it is good to go.

I am starting to build with it because I can create repeatable code and incorporate it into the css. For example, I have a scss file for navigation. If I want to change the nav, I just go there. If I want to change the color scheme, I can change it in one place and recompile the css and it changes everywhere.

mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points
mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points

Thank you for your comments Ted. You really helped me out.